Many approaches to ecological restoration and enhancement of ecosystem services focus on particular parts of the landscape, such as open...
Presentation covers what is adaptive management, why is it important, and why an adaptive management program is needed Habitat restoration...
Researchers found that sea surface temperature, the more predictable element of the climate system, accounts for only 20 percent of extreme precipitation variability along the U.S. West Coast By Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The Science Historical records show the U.S....
In recent years, invasive aquatic plants have increased exponentially in the shallow waters of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, clogging...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available. In this month’s issue: ESSAY...
How restoring functional flows to floodplains could help restore native fish Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would melt, swelling the rivers beyond their banks and casting...
Dr. Eric Stein is the principal scientist at Southern California Coastal Water Research Project where he oversees a variety of...
Scientists discovered stronger and longer atmospheric rivers that lead to increasing precipitation extremes over the region By Pacific Northwest National...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science is now available online. In this issue: ESSAY Accounting for Water ‘Wasted to the Sea’ Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell, and Brian Gray DOI // URL RESEARCH Improving Multi-Objective Ecological...
At the March 20th meeting of the State Water Board, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updated the board members on...
Establishing environmental flow targets to protect aquatic communities is a priority for numerous programs in California including in the Delta....
By Julie Chao, Berkeley Lab California relies on the Sierra Nevada snowpack for a significant portion of its water needs, yet scientists understand very little about how future changes in snowpack volume and timing will influence surface water and groundwater....
The Science Enterprise Workshop, held in the fall of 2016, brought together scientists and science-policy experts from across the country...
RESEARCH 21st Century Water Storage Strategies Barry Nelson DOI // URL Simulation of Subsidence Mitigation Effects on Island Drain Flow, Seepage, and...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science is now available online. Research highlighted in this month’s issue: Science Advancements Key to Increasing Management Value of Life Stage Monitoring Networks for Endangered Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon...